Esio TrotShy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. |
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... , WOLB PU , LLEWS PU ! EGROG ! ELZZUG ! FFUTS ! PLUG ! TUP NO TAF , ESIO TROT , TUP NO TAF ! TEG NO , TEG NO ! ELBBOG DOOF ! га " What does it mean ? " she asked . " Is it another language ? " " It's tortoise language , " Mr Hoppy said .
... , WOLB PU , LLEWS PU ! EGROG ! ELZZUG ! FFUTS ! PLUG ! TUP NO TAF , ESIO TROT , TUP NO TAF ! TEG NO , TEG NO ! ELBBOG DOOF ! га " What does it mean ? " she asked . " Is it another language ? " " It's tortoise language , " Mr Hoppy said .
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Roald Dahl. " It's tortoise language , " Mr Hoppy said . " Tortoises are very backward creatures . There- fore they can only understand words that are written backwards . That's obvious , isn't it ? " " I suppose so , " Mrs Silver said ...
Roald Dahl. " It's tortoise language , " Mr Hoppy said . " Tortoises are very backward creatures . There- fore they can only understand words that are written backwards . That's obvious , isn't it ? " " I suppose so , " Mrs Silver said ...
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... language , " Mr Hoppy said , " especially with tortoises . Now what you have to do , Mrs Silver , is hold Alfie up ... tortoise language . " Not bad , " Mr Hoppy said . " But try to get a little more expression into it when you say it to ...
... language , " Mr Hoppy said , " especially with tortoises . Now what you have to do , Mrs Silver , is hold Alfie up ... tortoise language . " Not bad , " Mr Hoppy said . " But try to get a little more expression into it when you say it to ...
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afternoon Alfie's become a tortoise bedouin tribesman told beside a nice bit bigger bought cabbage leaves claws closed claws opened crawl crispy celery darling door EGROG ELBBOG DOOF ELZZUG EMOC ESIO TROT excitement swept FFUP PU FFUTS Giant Peach GNIRPS PU hibernated hold Alfie holding the tortoise Hoppy chose Hoppy popped Hoppy took Hoppy's secret kitchen scales lettuce little house little tortoise living room LLEWS PU looking magic words metal claws morning North Africa once ounces End QUENTIN BLAKE Roald Dahl Roberta shiver of excitement shouting Silver answered Silver cried Silver had gone Silver was saying Silver's balcony slowly smile stroking his shell TEG REGGIB REGGIB tell thirteen ounces TIB RELLAMS titchy TOOHS PU tortoise language Tortoise Number tortoise-catcher tortoises grow faster tortoises in England TUP NO TAF twenty-seven ounces week TORTOISE weigh Alfie weighed exactly whispering endear WOLB PU words your slave WORG PU